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I’ll repeat the two questions in the title for purposes you’ll see in a moment. Could it be? Did someone hear my challenge? Let me amend the second question and add yet another? Did the right parties finally get smart and take up my challenge? Did it take the suicide of a person only seeking to release information that should have been free in the first place? The following link is what I refer to:

Though classified a selective attack by Anonymous (i.e. Department of Justice), it appears they are finally realizing what I’ve realized all along. To truly wake up government (not necessarily the United States government but any government), you have to get information that government wants kept secret for fear that it will do one of several things. Examples of things the governments don’t want exposed:

1. Corruption

2. Fraud

3. Missappropriation

4. Plots by the government against their own citizens.

It is my sincere hope that Anonymous found all this and more when they “cracked” into DOJ’s servers. I’ve checked the files listed that were released on Pirate Bay for download. Though I currently have no computer of my own and can’t download them via bit torrent here at the public library, I’d love to have copies of these nine files to see just what Anonymous has released. I suspect it’s some very embarrassing items about the DOJ. By my estimation, the nine files they uploaded have around thirteen or fourteen gigabyte of information. If it’s all text, it’s considerable.

Also my sincere hope is that Anonymous won’t stop at the Department of Justice. I hope they dig deeper. It would be interesting to see what they could find at the Central Intelligence Agency or Department of Homeland Security (I call the DHS the Department of Homeland Insecurity), or even the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The National Security Agency to me is a waste of time. There is just too much information there to sift through. The CIA would be interesting because they should have been closed down years ago during Kennedy’s administration. DHS because of the Patriot Act which in my book shouldn’t even be called that. That was the most unpatriotic bill ever invoked into law not to mention most of it being unconstitutional. As to the FBI, I’m sure there are lots of very interesting things that can be gleaned there. Cover ups anyone?

All this goes to show you that even our own government can’t stop people from finding out what they want to find out. How much are they really hiding? Perhaps things to do with Roswell, New Mexico or even John F. Kennedy’s assassination? I’m sure there is even more than that.

At this point, I believe the United States government is proving just how stupid of Information Technologist they can and DOhire. If their website programmers can’t avoid a security issue that has been known in the wild for over ten years, then they should all be fired and they should get some competent people. However, competency is another subject altogether when it comes to just how competent the United States of America is.

Please by all means, find more dirt that the career politicians and their cronies have on them. Anonymous has a start. Frankly, I don’t care if Anonymous does it or some private individual. We need to expose the faults and corruption of our own government. The media is finally getting in the act instead of just listening to their corporate masters. However, it’s the Internet media that is finding all this out. Definitely not Rupert Murdock’s crew.

I thought of something I myself wouldn’t do though I can get all the tools needed to do it. Is it illegal? Highly. Do I have the prerequisite knowledge to do it? Not exactly. Though I’m a CompTIA A+ certified computer repairman, I would personally NOT “crack” into any website or system server. I’m what the term “hacker” is. I learn one or more operating systems and if possible point out weaknesses to the company or group of individuals (as in the case of Linux distribution) in charge of the production of said operating systems of said weaknesses. That said, I DO NOT CONDONE CRACKING FOR PROFIT OF ANY KIND!

However, I’m not above challenging someone to do what some would think impossible. In this case, put mud in the face of big business and governments. How do I propose this challenge? Simple. Pose the challenge to those that find cracking to be fun, sporting, and down right anti-establishment in nature. Some of these people do this for profit as network security consultants. Funny thing is many of those consultants are probably nonvocal members of Anonymous. Though nonvocal, they are the ones that don’t get caught when assisting the rest of the group.

Frankly, I’ve found what Anonymous has done to date to be pure child’s play compared to what they can do. These people are probably ones who go to the Defcon and Blackhat conferences to learn new exploits/tricks to possess root access to the operating system they attack (Windows, OS X, Android, and others). Some or all are known to Homeland Security via registration for those conferences. However, those that don’t attend are those to watch out for. So here’s my challenge to those of Anonymous that are so endowed with knowledge that goes beyond anything I know or am willing to teach:

If you want to really show your salt (talents), stop with the current stuff you’re doing taking down websites as well as exposing client lists and do the unthinkable. Crack in and find the appropriate information exposing corporate/government corruption and put it in the public domain for all to see.

I’m certain this would be much more challenging and garner some of you folks the attention you deserve not to mention a possible position in computer security for major corporations not to mention governments around the world. And yes, I expect to be hauled in by Homeland Security (Homeland Insecurity 😛) for questioning revolving around said challenge. I’m not scared. It’s not as bad as something I’d write a book about. That would be much worse than what I’m challenging. Besides, I can’t be convicted for just putting an IDEA out there for others to act upon.

I’m already ostracized since I’m now homeless and without employment in my field of choice (Information Technology). My age alone (52 soon to be 53) is also a strike against me. No one wants someone my age in that field anymore unless it’s as a senior systems administrator or some position like that (and I’m not qualified for that). Consider this a big F**k You to the establishment who grew up before and during the same time I was growing up. You copped out.

Again, I state for the record that this is just an IDEA/CHALLENGE for those who can and are capable of doing this. I DO NOT CONDONE ANY FORM OF COMPUTER/WIRE FRAUD, NOR DO I ATTEMPT EITHER OF THEM. Even if I did, I couldn’t do it right now anyway as I have NO computers (laptop or desktop) of my own in which to do it with. I’m currently writing this from a library computer and will continue to do so till I can afford another laptop. That will probably be another year or two before that happens as is. By that time the computer world will surpass my knowledge even further than it currently is today 😦